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Join us at The Zone this August for a host of FREE activities. Activities are available for children aged 7-11 (Key Stage 2) who receive benefits related free school meals. Lunch is provided on all the activity days.

Monday 3 August
  • Junk modelling
  • Boccia
  • Large games, (Connect Four, Jenga, Sponge Targets)
  • Salt Dough Medals
Tuesday 4 August
  • Friendship Bracelets

  • Outside art project

  • Parachute games

  • Biscuit baking/decorating

  • Laser tag games

Wednesday 5 August
  • Make a cushion

  • Basketball games

  • Mask making

  • Table tennis

  • Circus Skills

Monday 10 August
  • Treasure hunt

  • Indoor obstacle courses

  • Football

  • Tye dye

  • Fruit kebabs

  • Writing a poem

Tuesday 11 August
  • Self-care lavender bags

  • Bug hotels

  • Laser tag games

  • Junk modelling

  • Circus skills

Wednesday 12 August
  • Tote bag decorating

  • Dancing session (online Wii)

  • Cold cookery

  • Den building

  • Dodge ball

Monday 17 August
  • Making stress balls
  • Create scrap book on laptops
  • Den building
  • Pizza making
Tuesday 18 August
  • Being a Journalist

  • Scavenger hunt

  • Planting

  • Laser tag games

  • Large Games (Connect Four, Jenga, Sponge Targets)

Wednesday 19 August
  • Circus skills

  • Smoothie making

  • Team shopping challenge

  • Forest school activity

Monday 24 August
  • Mango and banana muffins

  • Story telling

  • Laser tag games

  • Den building

  • Large spray-painting picture

Tuesday 25 August
  • Football game

  • Forest school activity

  • Chalk pictures

  • Gardening

  • Fruit salad making

Wednesday 26 August
  • Circus skills

  • Basketball

  • Parachute games

  • Arts & craft activity

  • Making music

How do I qualify / sign up?

HAF is a national programme funded by the Department for Education and coordinated locally by West Suffolk Council on behalf of Suffolk County Council.

It is primarily targeted at children or young people who are eligible for benefits-related free school meals. Activities are free and sessions include a healthy meal and snacks.  Eligible families should have already received information through their school or college about HAF in their area.

There are discretionary free places available to families with children or young people who don’t receive benefits-related free school meals, but who are struggling with the cost-of-living and suffering financial hardship, or who would otherwise be ineligible for HAF. These discretionary places are limited and will be decided by Suffolk County Council on a first come first served basis.

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What if I need help with transport?

If transport is an issue, Suffolk County Council may be able to help - families are asked to contact HAFenquiries@suffolk.gov.uk

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Free school holiday activities are on offer to help children from families in Haverhill and across West Suffolk who need support.

The Summer holiday programme of activities is government funded and has been coordinated by West Suffolk Council on behalf of Suffolk County Council.

It is part of the national Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) programme which is primarily aimed to support children who receive benefits related free school meals. It was set up to help support them during the school holidays when they may not otherwise get a hot meal.

Families with children on benefits related free school meals should have already received information through their school or college about HAF. Booking is through an online platform called Eequ at Search learning experiences · Eequ which details all the HAF activities across Suffolk. Schools have also been given information to help any parents who cannot access online to book.

Other families in West Suffolk who are ineligible for HAF but who need support, should contact the activity provider for the activities that they are interested in to ask about discretionary places. Contact details can be seen on the same Eequ link.